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Hygge: It’s what to do this winter

Hygge: It’s what to do this winter

By Lucia Yess   After embracing our women's winter workshop, Tara, a woman who lived in Denmark mentioned that the studio was "Hygge".  Tara must have read on my face, "Umm is that a thing that I want", because she quickly explained what it meant. In Denmark,...

Chakra Series

Chakra Series

By Adam Ruggiero   The following blogs are about the main chakra system in your body. There will be yin poses designed to target and open the body’s chakra centers. Chakra is a term that has become increasingly mainstream and (dare we say it?) hip, but what is it...

Chakra Series- Root (Muladhara) Chakra

Chakra Series- Root (Muladhara) Chakra

By Adam Ruggiero   The Root chakra is where the movement of prana through our bodies begins here and along with the second the third chakras it is more physical in nature.  As the foundation of our chakra system, it is associated with basic, fundamental needs:...

Chakra Series- Sacral Chakra (Svadhisthana)

Chakra Series- Sacral Chakra (Svadhisthana)

By Adam Ruggiero   The svadhisthana, sacral chakra, sometimes referred to as the spleen chakra because of its location just below the navel, this chakra center taps into the energies of our creativity. These energies encompass physical creativity, the powers of...

Chakra Series: Solar Plexus (Manipura)

Chakra Series: Solar Plexus (Manipura)

By Adam Ruggiero   The solar plexus, home of the third chakra center, manipura. Here lay our personal power center, our wellspring of energy and capability. From this chakra we derive much of our confidence and sense of personal ability. When energy flows freely...

Chakra Series: Heart Chakra (Anāhata)

Chakra Series: Heart Chakra (Anāhata)

By Adam Ruggiero   The chakra centers that line the cranio-sacral pathway through our bodies. The predominantly physical, grounding chakras that originate below the pelvis and span up to the solar plexus, now begin to give way to the mental and spiritual chakras...